diff --git a/RELEASE b/RELEASE
index b214dd99..885b0568 100644
--- a/RELEASE
+++ b/RELEASE
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.72
+0.80
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index ce3e1578..4746a402 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-project('dxvk', ['c', 'cpp'], version : 'v0.72')
+project('dxvk', ['c', 'cpp'], version : 'v0.80')
 
 cpu_family = target_machine.cpu_family()
 
diff --git a/src/dxvk/dxvk_instance.cpp b/src/dxvk/dxvk_instance.cpp
index eba98511..1e548411 100644
--- a/src/dxvk/dxvk_instance.cpp
+++ b/src/dxvk/dxvk_instance.cpp
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ namespace dxvk {
     appInfo.pApplicationName      = nullptr;
     appInfo.applicationVersion    = 0;
     appInfo.pEngineName           = "DXVK";
-    appInfo.engineVersion         = VK_MAKE_VERSION(0, 7, 2);
+    appInfo.engineVersion         = VK_MAKE_VERSION(0, 8, 0);
     appInfo.apiVersion            = 0;
     
     VkInstanceCreateInfo info;